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General Awareness Quiz for Bank PO, Civil Services and other exams
a) Iswarchand Vidyasagar b) Raja Rammohan Roy c) Dayanand saraswati d) Swami Vivekanand 2. The newspaper Kesari to promote nationalism was brought out by which of the following leaders a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak b) Lalalajpat Rai c) Mahatma Gandhi d) Subhash Chandra Bose 3. When was the battle of Buxar fought a) 1763 b) 1764 c) 1765 d) 1774 4. "The Audacity of hope" is written by a) Nandan Nilkani b) Nikolas Sarkozi c) Barak Obama d) Salmaan Rushdie 5. The retirement age of a High Court Judge in India is a) 60 b) 65 c) 62 d) 58 6. By which amendment to the constitution of India the voting age was lowered down from 21 years to 18 years. a) Sixty First Amendment b) Fifty Second Amendment c) Fourty Third Amendment d) Fourty fourth Amendment 7. Hunter commission on education was appointed during the period of a) Lord Dufferin b) Lord Lytton c) Lord Curzon d) Lord Ripon 8. The first Indian minister to visit the Indian Research station at Antarctica was a) Jaswant Singh b) P. Chidambaram c) Pranab Mukharjee d) kapil Sibbal 9. "All Bodo Students Union" is a militant organization active in which of the following state a) Orissa b) Assam c) Andhra Pradesh d) Manipur 10. Which of the following is not a Central Government tax? a) Land Revenue b) Corporation Tax c) Income Tax d) Customs Duty 11. Who of the following owns the Ashok Leyland a) Tatas b) Hindujas c) Birlas d) None of these 12. Which of the following Indian states is the largest producer of cotton a) Punjab b) Madhya Pradesh c) Maharashtra d) Uttar Pradesh 13. Who was the First chief Justice of India a) M. Patanjali Shastri b) H. J. Kania c) S.R. Das d) B. K. Mukharjee 14. Who was the First Chief Election Commisioner of India a) S.L. Shakdhar b) S.P. Sen Verma c) K.V.K. Sundaram d) Sukumar Sen 15. Which is the largest Cashew nut producer in India a) Andhra Pradesh b) Karnataka c) Tamil Nadu d) Kerala 16. The winners of mixed doubles for Australian open 2009 are a) Mahesh Bhupati & Sania Mirza b) carly Gullickson & Travis Parrot c) Liezel Huber & Bob Bryan d) Mark Knowles and Anna lena 17. The Indian Navy Day is observed on a) 5 June b) 22 April c) 4 December d) 3 May 18. 'Nine lives:In Search of the Sacred in Modern India" is written by a) Willain Dalrymple b) Margaret Atwood c) Lorrie Moore d) Subroto Bagchi 19. The first ASEAN Summit was held in a) Singapore 2007 b) Bali 1976 c) Manila 1987 d) Bangkok 1995 20. The Fifteenth ASEAN summit from October 23 to October 25 was held in a) Vientiane b) Thailand c) Kuala lumpur d) Phillipines Answer Keys: 1) d. 2.) a. 3) b. 4.) c. 5) c. 6) a. 7) d. 8] d. 9) b. 10) a. 11) b. 12) c. 13) b. 14) d. 15) d. 16) a. 17) c. 18) a. 19) b. 20) b. |
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